Bounty of the earth

[Mountain trapper]

Doc years ago when we first bought our Midwest acreage we put parts of it in CRP that was not good for farming or pasture. It was basically an overused dairy farm. A wildlife biologist came out and designed what needed to be added to benefit the wildlife deer/turkey/quail etc. We planted over 6,000 trees on that property oak/ hickory/walnut but one of the important ones according to the biologist was the American persimmon. I guess many animals and birds benefit from that ripe fruit.

Several years ago we bought a farm about 150 miles north of here. In the old days they raised wheat on this place. It was abandoned many years ago and the owner enrolled all the farm land in CRP. I thought about planting trees on the CRP ground, but since there was several tree filled canyons on the property I decided aginst planting any more trees. There were a lot of old fruit trees around the old house too.
I bought out 5 acres of the CRP ground from the government and built a barn and equipment shed, plus put in a new well.

 

[DrHenley]

Yep, we already have a good many that grew naturally scattered out over the place, but we just planted a lot more on a CRP a couple of years ago, along with nuttall oaks and swamp chestnut oaks.
Most of the persimmon trees I know about are usually inaccessible when they have fruit on them due to flooding, but this one was right on the levee. I don't know why I never noticed it before.

From what I understand, when they drop they start fermenting, so the persimmon trees are the local bar for the wildlife, LMAO.

 

[user 7704]

We have a persimmon next to the parking lot at the boat ramp. It is a shame how man fall on the blacktop and get ran over.

They are so good after a frost but pucker city prior to.

We used to dare people who didn't know their pucker power to take a big bite. We thought it was funny.

 

[Mountain trapper]

The problem that we had with planting trees on the CRP ground was lack of rainfall. Even though our CRP ground was about 3,000 feet lower in elevation than here, there still wasn't any rain in the summer. Just like here, a lot of snow in winter but almost zero rain in summer.

 

[DrHenley]

There is a chemical in unripe American persimmons that reacts with stomach acid and creates a polymer. This polymer forms a three dimensional matrix which traps indigestible fiber and can block your stomach.
The only effective treatment short of surgery is...get this...Coca cola! Coke can dissolve the matrix.

 

[Mountain trapper]

Makes sense. Isn't Coca-Cola used as a solvent too?

 

[user 7704]

It cleans Batteryou terminals

 

[DrHenley]

Makes sense. Isn't Coca-Cola used as a solvent too?

Very corrosive too.

 

[bill harrell]

I like to think of coke as the elixer of life

 

[tmttactical]

I like to think of coke as the elixer of life

Next to coffee.

 

[GaRp58]

It cleans Batteryou terminals

We use it to take the dead bugs off of our windshield, headlights and the plexiglas on the motorcycles windshield too......

 

[rainingcatzanddogs]

OK, so round 1 with the roasted persimmon seeds was a total bust.
I have discovered a material that is so hard and tough it cannot be bent, dented, scratched or broken, LOL
They are so hard I cannot break them with a fairly heavy mortar and pestle much less my teeth. Not sure what I did wrong, but maybe I need some oil on them. Perhaps steam them first?

Sound like mesquite beans which need a special mill to process into flour...regular corn/wheat mills do nothing except break.

 

[DrHenley]

I tried steaming and then boiling the seeds for a long time, then roasting.
Same outcome.

 

[bill harrell]

You think maybe we could fold and weld it in some steel doc? Sounds promising if we can get clean welds.

 

[dirtdiva]

When I was a kid remember my momma had several Japanese persimmon in the back yard. She made a persimmon bread that was out of this world. Unfortunately though they also attracted every coon in the county.

 

[GaRp58]

You think maybe we could fold and weld it in some steel doc?

YES, the damascus folded pesimmon seed steel knife, can I put my order in already???

 

[DrHenley]

YES, the damascus folded pesimmon seed steel knife, can I put my order in already???

LOL, I actually sharpened a seed using a diamond stone and cut paper with it.

 

[GaRp58]

LOL, I actually sharpened a seed using a diamond stone and cut paper with it.

Start collecting the seeds and load them into some shotgun shells to shoot the rats and snakes with at close range!!

 

[bill harrell]

That would be funny

 

[tmttactical]

YT Video about things to consider before moving to the country and starting a farm / ranch.